The complaints about the difficulties of entering the housing market have rarely been so loud, with talk of dipping into superannuation even making the political agenda in recent weeks.

In a weekend column, Sunday Herald Sun deputy editor Katie Bice said:

"it's called a property ladder for a reason" and took aim at people who would "rather whinge about housing affordability and how 'someone else' (the government) should act rather than force you to compromise".

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The newspaper editor was soon called to account and told she was out of touch.

LANCE: People who have $2m budgets still don't find the perfect house, it's all relative. So just put your head down, put your bum up.

PHIL: I bought my first house when I was 20, I've got a few houses. I've got kids in their 20s and late-teens and my advice to them is 'Do not buy'. It does not make economic sense. It's cheaper to rent by a factor of at least half; that tells you something is wrong.

JENNY: My son just turned 22, and he settled on his home on Friday. He understands that you've got to start low, so he bought in Healesville, just a two-bedroom home but he's on a third of an acre.

TRAVIS: The sense of entitlement these days - it's just like with jobs; everyone comes into work and expects a promotion after two or three years. You've got to work for these things.